A Lot Has Changed Since Chicago's FoundingChicago is celebrating its 173rd birthday today. Needless to say, the city looked a little different when it was first incorporated in1837.

E-mails: Navy dogs in 'deplorable' conditions with contractorThe task probably seemed innocuous enough when a small team of U.S. Navy personnel accepted it last fall. They would trek out to a private security contractor in Chicago to pick up 49 dogs, then transport them to a nearby military base. But what they found when they arrived was shocking, according to internal Navy e-mails: dirty, weak animals so thin that their ribs and hip bones jutted out.

NBA: Utah 132, Chicago 108CHICAGO, March 9 (UPI) -- Deron Williams connected for 28 points and dished off 17 assists Tuesday, powering the Utah Jazz to a 132-108 blowout of Chicago.